Tag: civil
Zelensky opens door to same-sex civil partnerships in Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has opened the door to legalizing same-sex civil partnerships in the country, in response to a petition that called for equal marriage to be introduced in the war-ravaged natio...
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
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Thomas Lane, one of the three former Minneapolis police officers convicted in February of violating George Floyd's civil rights, was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison on Thursday. Federal prosecutors asked Ju...
Casino mogul Stephen Wynn asks court to dismiss DOJ civil lawsuit alleging FARA violation
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Casino mogul and Republican megadonor Stephen Wynn asked a federal court on Monday to toss out a civil suit the Justice Department brought against him earlier this year seeking an order that he register under the Fo...
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
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Chauvin previously pleaded guilty to the civil rights violation during Floyd's May 25, 2020 arrest when the former officer pressed his knee on the back of Floyd's neck for several minutes. The sentence will run concu...
Texas state Supreme Court issues order allowing for civil enforcement of century-old abortion ban
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The Texas Supreme Court issued an order late Friday partially granting state Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to stay a lower court order that had temporarily blocked a nearly century-old abortion ban in the st...
Progressives are pushing an anti-American agenda in vulnerable populations: Civil rights icon
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BOB WOODSON: It's devastating, I know, for more vulnerable populations. Particularly in the Black community, progressives are pushing this anti-American agenda and using America's birth defect of slavery as a bludgeo...
California legislature passes bill to protect abortion providers and patients from civil suits
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California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients seeking abortion care in the state from civil action started in another state. Assembly Bill 1666 next heads to t...
Federal prosecutors ask judge to sentence Derek Chauvin to 25 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
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Federal prosecutors asked a federal judge in the District of Minnesota on Wednesday to sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 25 years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights. Chauvi...
Gabby Petito murder: Brian Laundrie’s parents to skip Florida hearing on fate of civil lawsuit
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The Petito-Schmidt families and their attorney will appear before Judge Hunter W. Carroll in a Sarasota County Circuit Court for the 1:30 p.m. hearing, which the Laundrie family attorney, Steven Bertolino, will atten...
Bill Cosby sexually abused teenager at Playboy Mansion in 1975, civil jury finds
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IN COURT- Bill Cosby sexually abused 16-year-old girl at Playboy Mansion in 1975, civil trial jury finds. Continue reading… ‘DREAM CHASERS IN THIS HOUSE’- Rob Gronkowski’s girlfriend Camille Kostek supports his retir...
DHS announces terror bar exemptions for Afghan evacuees who worked for Taliban-era civil service
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The U.S. has been bringing tens of thousands of Afghans to the U.S. since the Taliban takeover and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year. As that is ongoing, the Biden administration is moving to exempt certain ...
Backlash: Why media are targeting Trump aides’ testimony as civil war breaks out
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In media and political circles, there was a warm welcome for Monday’s House committee depositions in which members of Donald Trump’s inner circle said they had told the president there was no evidence for his claims ...
Civil war-seeking right wing will be empowered if GOP wins midterms: Dem lawmaker
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Show host Tiffany Cross prompted Bowman’s statements during a discussion on the findings presented during the ongoing Jan. 6 Committee hearings. She began by asking Bowman: "I want you to explain, should the GOP ret...
Kevin Spacey must stand trial in federal court on civil suit accusing him of sex abuse, judge rules
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Kevin Spacey must face a federal lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse in a New York federal court, a judge ruled Monday. The lawsuit, filed by actor Anthony Rapp, accuses Spacey of assault, battery and intentionall...
Browns’ Deshaun Watson now facing 23rd active civil lawsuit over alleged sexual misconduct
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The lawsuit filed Tuesday states that the plaintiff had three encounters with Watson during massage sessions, which started during the summer of 2020. During the final massage, the lawsuit alleges that Watson exposed...
Judge tosses challenge to New York law that opens gun industry up to civil lawsuits
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A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from gun industry groups challenging a New York law that permits civil lawsuits against companies for conduct found to have endangered public safety. US District Judge M...